Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2007 00:24:02 +0200 From: Mel <fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Moving user/group databases Message-ID: <200709080024.03271.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> In-Reply-To: <2153.12.170.206.13.1189201903.squirrel@admintool.trueband.net> References: <1756.12.170.206.13.1189198324.squirrel@admintool.trueband.net> <6.0.0.22.2.20070907161149.025a9ad8@mail.computinginnovations.com> <2153.12.170.206.13.1189201903.squirrel@admintool.trueband.net>
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On Friday 07 September 2007 23:51:43 jhall@vandaliamo.net wrote: > > At 03:52 PM 9/7/2007, jhall@vandaliamo.net wrote: > >>All of my FreeBSD servers boot from CD, and we are going to be having > >>several temporary employees coming and going over the next 6-12 months. > >>Is it possible to move the user/group databases from their location in > >>/etc (which is read only on my CDs) to another location? > >> > >>I have read the man page concerning pw and still do not understand what I > >>should be doing. Any suggestions, or direction to a how-to would be > >>greatly appreciated. > >> > >>Thanks, > >> > >> > >>Jay > > > > The simplest way would be to put a symbolic link from /etc to a writable > > location. You will need to re-make your boot CD to have this change. > > > > -Derek > > > > -- > > This message has been scanned for viruses and > > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > > believed to be clean. > > MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support. > > I have recreated the CD with the sym links, and I still run into a problem > because adduser tries to create temporary files in /etc. If I remember > correctly, the files it tries to create are /etc/passwd.XXXXXX. > > I was able to get pw to work to add the user accounts, but now I am trying > to set the password for new account, and have hit the temp file snag. > > Is this something which can be reconfigured in pw.conf? pw -V /writeable/etc/ -- Mel
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